I would be surprised if Letang made the roster as a starter.. maybe as a reserve.

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Letang

Subban can do everything Letang does and he actually plays defense.. so kind of makes that selection redundant. He also has a pest side to his game which is lacking with any other player on the back end.

Crosby will be 1st line center and Captain, the rest won't make the team.. just too deep.

As always, there are surprise invites and surprise non-invites. (In the former category, Alzner, Hamonic, and Methot may have raised some eyebrows. In the latter, what about Jamie Benn, Jason Spezza, Evander Kane, Cam Ward, Francois Beauchemin, Dan Girardi and Patrick Marleau?)

Also worth noting, of the five goalies on the camp roster, only Luongo was on the 2010 gold medal-winning team; neither Martin Brodeur nor Marc-Andre Fleury were invited.

As always, there are surprise invites and surprise non-invites. (In the former category, Alzner, Hamonic, and Methot may have raised some eyebrows. In the latter, what about Jamie Benn, Jason Spezza, Evander Kane, Cam Ward, Francois Beauchemin, Dan Girardi and Patrick Marleau?)

Also worth noting, of the five goalies on the camp roster, only Luongo was on the 2010 gold medal-winning team; neither Martin Brodeur nor Marc-Andre Fleury were invited.

And the final third of the article, ...

Collectively, the 47 players invited to orientation camp have:

—- appeared in 1,295 games for Team Canada;—- won 96 gold medals for Canada in international competition;—- appeared in 21,728 NHL regular season games, 2,369 NHL playoff games and 57 NHL All-Star Games;—- won 34 Stanley Cups.

Chicago leads all NHL teams with five players invited to camp, followed by Pittsburgh and San Jose with four:

Neal has an elite release, but his skating, defense and physical play are not up to snuff for this team. Especially considering that a bigger ice surface will put an emphasis on speed and skating ability, I don't think he makes the team.

Sunshine getting an invite to the US camp is a little surprsing, but given that Shero is assistant GM, maybe it shouldn't be. He obviously won't make the team barring something miraculous in the first half of the season, but it is good to geti him into the camp and get him some experience.